{"id":68844,"date":"2021-06-12T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=68844"},"modified":"2021-06-12T08:55:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T12:55:00","slug":"humpback-whale-tries-to-swallow-cape-cod-lobsterman-then-spits-him-out-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=68844","title":{"rendered":"<b>Humpback Whale Tries to Swallow Cape Cod Lobsterman, Then Spits Him Out (Video)<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Humpback whale gulps and spits out Cape Cod lobsterman<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av-embeds\/57450685\/vpid\/p09l944r\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/h1>\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">A US lobsterman has been describing how he escaped being swallowed by a humpback whale.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Michael Packard says he was diving when he ended up in the marine giant&#8217;s mouth for about 30-40 seconds off Provincetown, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>The leviathan spat him out and Mr Packard was left with nothing more than a suspected dislocated knee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Despite his wife&#8217;s pleas to get another job, he has no plans of giving up a 40-year career diving off Cape Cod.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Humpback whales can grow to as long as 50ft (15m) and weigh about 36 tons. According to the World Wildlife Fund, their global population is about 60,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Mr Packard, 56,\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capecodtimes.com\/story\/news\/2021\/06\/11\/humpback-whale-catches-michael-packard-lobster-driver-mouth-proviencetown-cape-cod\/7653838002\/\">told the Cape Cod Times<\/a>\u00a0he and his crewmate took their boat, the Ja&#8217;n J, off Herring Cove on Friday morning where conditions were excellent, with water visibility at about 20ft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-inline1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/boston.cbslocal.com\/2021\/06\/11\/lobster-diver-swallowed-by-whale-cape-cod-michael-packard\/\">He told WBZ-TV News<\/a>\u00a0that after jumping off the vessel in scuba gear into the water, he &#8220;felt this huge bump and everything went dark&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"crosshead-block\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-c6z6ts-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\">&#8216;He&#8217;s trying to swallow me&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>He thought he had been attacked by one of the great white sharks that swim in the area, &#8220;and then I felt around and I realised there was no teeth&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&#8220;And then I realised: &#8216;Oh my God, I&#8217;m in a whale&#8217;s mouth and he&#8217;s trying to swallow me. This is it, I&#8217;m going die&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Mr Packard says he thought about his wife and two boys, aged 12 and 15.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/newsround\/57305633\">Humpback whales heard singing off New York coast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&#8220;Then all of a sudden he went up to the surface and just erupted and started shaking his head.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&#8220;I just got thrown in the air and landed in the water. I was free and I just floated there. I couldn&#8217;t believe\u2026 I&#8217;m here to tell it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-inline2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>His topside crewmate, who had been desperately scanning the water for telltale bubbles from Mr Packard&#8217;s oxygen respirator, hauled him back into the boat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Provincetown Fire Department confirmed to CBS News they had responded to a call at 08:15 local time (12:15 GMT) to help an injured lobsterman at a Provincetown beach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Journalists interviewed Mr Packard about his Biblical ordeal after he was discharged from Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Humpback whales tend to feed by opening their mouth wide to gulp down as much prey, like fish or krill, as possible, leading marine scientists to speculate that what happened to Mr Packard was in all likelihood purely accidental. One expert told the Cape Cod Times it was practically unheard of for a whale to swallow a human.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"ssrcss-ukwdbg-SectionWrapper e1nh2i2l2\" data-component=\"tag-list\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1vipmlp-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-4c4zzp-SectionHeaderWrapper e1nh2i2l3\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1y8kwfd-SectionHeader eik4du50\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-57450685\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-57450685<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humpback whale gulps and spits out Cape Cod lobsterman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}